One Piece: Trainers on the Straw Hat Pirates

Having spent nearly 20 years hiding in the Elbaf Owl Library, constantly browsing through various books, he was certainly familiar with the characteristics of swamps as non-Newtonian fluids.

Although there is no Newton in the world of One Piece, Saul still suddenly made a fist and then released all his power, only gently undulating his palm covered with Armament Haki.

"!!?"

Caribou, who thought everything was foolproof, stared wide-eyed in disbelief at the swamp barrier that had been forcibly carved out of the ground by a thick finger.

"How is that possible!?"

He was terrified.

But the next second, as if sensing something, the owner of the finger suddenly bent his finger and flicked it at Caribou's body using the empty space inside the barrier.

Peng! ! !

Like a heavy hammer falling from the sky, it suddenly landed on Kalibu's body, instantly squeezing and twisting his body.

The sudden attack made it impossible for Caribou to maintain his Devil Fruit powers, and the swamp barrier collapsed, turning into a pile of mud scattered all over the ground.

Seeing the swamp barrier shatter, Saul attacked again, his hand striking Caribou bracing against the ground, while his other hand formed a dark, heavy fist and slammed it down on Caribou's body.

boom!!!!!!

Under the terrifying force, the earth suddenly cracked open with a spiderweb-like fissure, which continued to spread rapidly in all directions.

The earth collapsed, and dust and smoke rose everywhere.

Under this powerful blow, Kalibu's body was suddenly smashed into a pulp, all his bones broken, and he was slammed into the ground, covered in blood.

In the blink of an eye, Carib, who had just been mocking Saul, was like a dead man.

The outcome seemed to be decided at this moment.

"Um!?"

Viewers around the world watching the live broadcast on television were stunned by the sudden and dramatic turn of events in the battle.

what's the situation?

The Straw Hat Pirates' crew was defeated!?

And under such a sudden circumstances?

They weren't unaware that the Straw Hat Pirates might fail, nor were they unaware that the battle might end.

They never expected that these two things would be combined and accomplished simultaneously.

After all, the Straw Hat Pirates had already demonstrated their strength in the previous two battles.

Whether it's Drake transforming into a giant dinosaur or Urouge transforming into a great monk, they both possess the ability to end a battle in an instant.

But now...

"Is this the end?"

At this moment, even the giants' formation showed expressions of confusion.

As agreed, if the Elbaf side wins a match, the Straw Hat Pirates must respect Elbaf's independence and sovereignty, and will always have plans to rule Elbaf again.

But isn't all of this happening too fast?

What surprised them even more was that the victor was none other than Saul, whom they had previously underestimated and who had only been used to make up the numbers.

what happened?

Was it Moria's carelessness that he sent out a weakling?

Shanks, standing in the crowd, blinked blankly, thinking he had no chance to appear.

But when he looked up and saw that the Straw Hat formation opposite him was as calm as ever, and even saw a mysterious smile on Moria's lips, he immediately realized that things were not as simple as he had imagined.

Seeing Saul about to stand up, Shanks quickly shouted a warning:

"Watch out, Saul!"

In fact, such behavior already raises suspicions of cheating.

But Moria, the commander-in-chief of the Straw Hat formation, simply grinned:

"Hehehe, it's too late!"

As they were talking, a small swamp suddenly formed on the cheek of Kalibu, who was lying on the ground.

Immediately afterwards, an opened bottle of healing potion slowly emerged from the tiny swamp, the liquid flowing out and landing right in Caribou's mouth.

Thanks to the healing medicine, Caribou's battered body visibly recovered.

It all sounds complicated, but it was actually completed the moment Saul withdrew his fist.

So when Saul saw Caribou again, he had fully recovered and immediately used the Ground-type move Dig, disappearing into the mud and leaving behind only a strange, dark purple muddy mess.

"what?"

Upon hearing Shanks's reminder, Saul instinctively tensed up.

Before he could react, an unbearable pain suddenly shot through his palm.

He quickly looked at the back of his hand and saw that his fingers were covered with tiny, sharp thorns that were murky with swampy grime.

The area where he had just come into contact with Carib had now turned into a deep purple color that was almost black.

The overwhelming sense of déjà vu immediately made Saul realize...

Has he been poisoned by the same toxin the Straw Hat Pirates used on Dorry before?

"Hehehehe..."

"Don't you think it's a little too late to realize this now?! You idiot!"

At this moment, Karibu's figure slowly emerged from the ground in the form of mud, and gradually solidified into his appearance.

Caribou's Pokémon type is Ground/Dark.

In the world of One Piece, where elemental advantages and disadvantages are not very obvious, this combination of elements is actually not that powerful.

But coincidentally...

Caribou himself is a user of the Swamp-Swamp Fruit.

Some of the ground-type moves can be combined with his Devil Fruit ability.

For example, this extremely common digging skill.

Originally, this was supposed to give Pokémon the power to quickly dig through the ground and hide inside, but when combined with Caribou's Logia-type Swamp-Swamp Fruit ability, it allows him to transform into a swamp and move freely underground, making it extremely convenient.

Of course, if it were only this level, Moria would never have felt comfortable entrusting such an important battle to him.

In fact, whether in terms of basic combat ability, Devil Fruit ability, or the use of Pokémon power, Caribou is not among the most outstanding captains.

Cavendish, who joined the Straw Hat Pirates at the same time as him, had already mastered the ability to evolve using the power of two Pokémon simultaneously, just like Drake.

Even Hajrudin has already been transformed into a Pokémon of a certain type.

Caribou, who has just reached the threshold of Pokémonization, should not be on this battlefield.

But I don't know if this guy, like Bucky, is blessed with some kind of luck or something else...

When Caribou was loading the Pokémon template, it surprisingly gained an incredibly powerful, even enviable, ability—Poison Land!

【Characteristic: Poisonous Ground】

[Effect: When attacked by physical force, the user will release a large number of poison spikes in the direction of the attacker. Those struck by the poison spikes will be severely poisoned.]

It's highly poisonous. Dongli had already experienced it once before; it was a toxin that caused excruciating pain that even veterans of the Glory Warriors, who had fought countless battles for over a hundred years, could hardly endure.

It can be said that, based solely on this characteristic, Caribou is practically the father of over 80% of the world's strongest individuals.

After all, in the world of One Piece, physical attacks are always the most effective method.

Even bullets fired from a musket are considered a type of physical attack based on their properties.

In other words, even if someone shoots Caribou from 800 miles away, the Poison Lands effect will still be triggered, releasing a large number of poison darts from Caribou's body towards enemies 800 miles away.

However... poison darts are ultimately a physical tool that delivers poison by piercing the skin with a sharp object. If the enemy has thick skin, armor, or Armament Haki protection, they can still defend against it.

At this point, we must mention Caribou's Devil Fruit ability—Swamp!

As a Logia-type Devil Fruit ability, Swamp may not have the same powerful offensive capabilities as Lightning or Lava, but in some ways, it is even more powerful than Lightning or Lava.

Because the characteristics of swamps are storage, attachment, and flow...

In the past, Caribou only utilized the storage capacity of the Swamp Fruit and the infinite space of the swamp to equip a large number of combat tools such as machine guns or battle axes, mainly to catch people off guard.

But using it in this way is a complete waste of this fruit!

In fact, he is not alone in having the same phenomenon.

So not long ago, Crimson separated Reiju from the research unit and had her establish a brand new department attached to the research unit—the Tactical Inspection Team.

The purpose of this department is to collect detailed information on the Straw Hat crew's strongest members and use that information to help them find the best fighting methods.

After joining the Straw Hat Pirates, Reiju, a member of the research team, conducted numerous investigations and tests. Based on Caribou's own abilities, Reiju successfully customized a combat plan for him.

The tactic of directly feeding Caribou's cheek swamp with healing medicine was one of Reiju's achievements.

In this way, as long as Caribou prepares enough good healing medicine, he will have countless opportunities to revive before he is restrained by sea stone handcuffs or completely loses consciousness.

The original storage space combat method was not abandoned; it's just that Reiju's department created a lot of new equipment for Caribou to use in conjunction with his Devil Fruit ability.

However, most of those equipment, once taken out, were intended to kill the target directly.

Caribou may be a bit dim-witted, but he knows that neither the Straw Hats nor the Titans can afford to suffer any real casualties in today's battle.

Therefore, he didn't plan to use those combat equipment today.

But besides those equipment, his other combat strategy was to utilize the characteristics of the swamp, manipulating the flowing swamp in combination with the poison darts released by the swamp, so that even after they landed on the enemy's body, they would still have a certain degree of controllability and ultimately poison the enemy.

It can only be said that Saul's strength is ultimately just so-so.

He is indeed one of the best among the vice admirals in the navy, but in the end he is not even as good as a regular Shichibukai. How much stronger can he be?

So after regaining his strength, Caribou's first action was to control the swamp poison darts that had already attached to Sauro's hand...

Then, with a gentle push from the swamp, the current situation was created.

Chapter 507 Straw Hat VS Straw Hat